Dear Editor:
For a number of years, Mayor Darrell Mussatto and other City of North Vancouver councillors have said that no one owns their view and that their views cannot be guaranteed. The mayor reiterated this fact most recently in the North Shore News of Oct. 26 (Condo Approval Reignites City Rental Debate). But on Oct. 22, The Province newspaper reported that Mayor Mussatto is "open to a suggestion" to rezone lots impacted by Richardson's proposed grain-storage expansion so that homeowners might regain lost real estate value.
In other words, the mayor is prepared to consider ad-hoc changes to the Official Community Plan to compensate homeowners who will lose their views because of a company's legitimate actions that are beyond the control of the city, but for years city council has been responsible for the loss of homeowners' views, without compensation, when it has allowed ad-hoc density bonuses and transfers to just about every developer who comes along.
These two points of view are quite opposite.
Ken Hawthorne North Vancouver
